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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Vegan week - Day 4

Another day, another topic:

Day four: Do you miss meat/fish/dairy/eggs?

Yes, I do. As I said in the beginning, I like the easy option of roasting some veggies, adding an egg and be set for dinner. But I will in future continue to try vegan recipes and integrate them into my diet...

I especially have troubles eating enough protein. I already had problems before this challenge and it has not stopped. I'm not so keen on beans, so legumes are kind of hard for me to use as a protein source. It's not only a taste but also a consistency problem. They are so squishy-dry-floury, urgh!

I try to get along with full wheat products which not only make you feel less hungry (since the body takes longer to digest complex carbs), but also include a surprisingly large amount of protein! And they don't taste so much different. Especially if you add a sauce with some flavour like garlic!

The other option of using meat-like substances is a bit problematic in my eyes. I prefer to eat as natural as possible and if you need to make chemical changes to a natural substance to make it look like-taste like-feel like meat, I'm not so sure if I want to eat it. Did you know that Valess Schnitzel contain paste to glue wallpapers to walls? And I'm confident in the E numbers added to mock duck as well...

All in all, I still think vegan is a good thing to do. But I will probably go back to my old diet once the challenge is over...

Tuesday

Breakfast
Rye bread with vegan spread

Lunch
Orange
McDonalds fries (sorry, we were in the Netherlands and I had troubles finding something vegan)